The “21 color slouch” hat has been completed. Here I am in the mirror that Alice retrieved from some barn, on some old homestead near Russell Kansas in the early 1980’s, and thought we needed in our house. She was right, of course. What I wouldn’t give to sit down and have a conversation with her right this minute. But that’s a post for another time – the one about all the talks you want, with all the memorable people in your life who have died. Let’s get back to the hat for now.
Really FUN knit. The details about the pattern are in the last photo of the post. I bought this pattern and a kit with all the mini skeins of yarn from Dances with Wool in Richmond Virginia. I just looked on their website and it looks like they still have the bundle of mini skeins if you are interested. https://danceswithwoolrva.com/products/blue-sky-woolstok-27-color-mini-bundle?_pos=2&_psq=mini+sk&_ss=e&_v=1.0
I tried many different methods of working in the ends as I went along. Some were better than others, I am not sure I have the best method figured out, but it was all good practice. Bottom line, I loved every bit of the knitting and the working in. Good knitting for when you are listening to a book by a cozy fire. I love that this turned out exactly as I thought it would. You know how sometimes you make something and when you put it on you are disappointed and know you will be unlikely to wear it? That is not the case with the 21 color slouch! It is slouchy without being too baggy, it is not itchy, and I just LOVE all the colors.
Tall Tales from Kansas 
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